David Stokes (priest)

David Stokes DD was a Canon of Windsor from 1628 to 1669.

Career

He was educated at Westminster School and then Trinity College, Cambridge where he was awarded a BA in 1615. From Peterhouse, Cambridge he was awarded an MA in 1618, and a DD in 1630.
He was appointed:

Fellow of Eton College
Rector of Brinklow, Warwickshire 1625
Rector of Binfield, Berkshire 1631
Precentor of Chichester Cathedral 1629 - 1631
Rector of Everden 1638
Rector of Urchfont, Wiltshire 1644.

He was appointed to the third stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1628, a position he held until 1669, except for the period of the Commonwealth of England.